Brussels, 12/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - Pesticide residue in food does not present a long-term risk to consumer health, according to the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), given the results of the most recent co-ordinated pesticide detection programme carried out throughout the EU, as well as in Iceland and Norway, in 2010), published on Tuesday 12 March. These illustrate that 98.4% of samples analysed were compliant with maximum residue levels (MRL) allowed under EU legislation (as opposed...